I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

Doubtless God Could Have Made A Better Berry, But Doubtless God Never Did

But God, who is ableto prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.

O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly?

Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of "green"?

Life in accordance with intellect is best and pleasantest, since this, more than anything else, constitutes humanity.

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.

We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

Letting an emotion move through you is healthy. Letting an emotion define you is not.

On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.

Yes, it benefits the planet, but I don't lead with the green message anymore because I think there's a more evergreen way to look at it, which is efficiency.

Proud to be a Muslim isn't a stamp you have on your heart, it's a light you have in your heart.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.